Meanings
noununutterables pl (plural only)
- pluralplural onlyslangTrousers.
[…] not liking to sit in wet trousers took them off and hung them up before the fire to dry. He presented a very picturesque appearance wanting his unutterables.
1961, Thomas Cather, Thomas Yoseloff, Voyage to America: The Journals of Thomas Cather, page 156
noun
- pluralplural of unutterable
Origin
One of a set of words for trousers and undergarments suggesting that they cannot be mentioned. Compare inexpressibles, unmentionables, unwhisperables.
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APA
unutterables. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unutterables
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“unutterables.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unutterables. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unutterables,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unutterables.
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